May 2008

Can I do anything to improve the stability of synfigstudio?
If you're running on a Hyperthreading or multi-core CPU (e.g Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading or Intel Core2 Duo or Quadcore, etc.) then you may find Synfig is more stable if you restrict it to run on only one processor.
[edit] How do I do this on Windows?
To do this on windows, start Synfig Studio, then Ctrl-Alt-Del and choose Task Manager. Select the processes tab, find synfigstudio.exe in the processes list and right click on it. Choose 'Set Affinity' and make sure only one CPU is checked. Unfortunately, this setting isn't preserved so you either have to do this manually each time you start Synfig Studio or use a tool such as the Tom's Hardware Guide Task Assignment Manager.
[edit] How do I do this on Linux?
On linux, you need to install schedutils.
Then run synfigstudio like this:
taskset -c 0 synfigstudio
Or if you have synfigstudio open already, run this:
taskset -p -c 0 `pgrep synfigstudio`

Unsolved in 0.61.08
* MacOS: builds taken offline due to problems (1686495).
* Windows: Rendering issues may be encountered on Hyperthreaded or multi-core CPUs. Please see the FAQ for workaround details.
* There are security issues with the dv, imagemagick and ffmpeg targets on Windows, please avoid them.
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Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation software package, designed from the ground-up for producing feature-film quality animation with fewer people and resources. While there are many other programs currently on the market to aid with the efficient production of 2D animation, we are currently unaware of any other software that can do what our software can.
Background
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This allows you to produce 2D animation with fewer people while producing a product of a higher quality.

Animation in the free world
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January 2008

synfig.com closed
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 by pabs
We're switching the website from synfig.com to synfig.org. All the content here will remain but new content will be posted to synfig.org. The new website at synfig.org will simply be wiki.synfig.com renamed to synfig.org - now anyone can contribute to the site! All pages at wiki.synfig.com now redirect to their equivalent at synfig.org.
Also, on the new site we have forums. For other recent synfig related news, please read the recently released issue of Synfig Irregular News.